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A.4.3 ACK – Acknowledge Alarm
This sentence is used to acknowledge an alarm condition reported by a device.
$--ACK,xxx*hh<CR><LF>
Field No. Format Description Remark
1 xxx Unique alarm number (identifier) at alarm source
A.4.4 AIQ - Query Sentence
This sentence is used to inquire AIS sentence information.
$--AIQ,c — c*hh<CR><LF>
Field No. Format Description Remark
1 c—c Support query sentence of ACA, TXT.
A.4.5 AIR – AIS Interrogation Request
This sentence supports ITU-R M.1371 message 15. It provides an external application with the means
to initiate requests for specific ITU-R M.1371 messages from AIS unit.
$--AIR,xxxxxxxxx,x.x,x,x.x,x,xxxxxxxxx,x.x,x*hh<CR><LF>
Field No. Format Description Remark
1 xxxxxxxxx MMSI of interrogated station 1
2 x.x ITU-R M.1371 message requested from station-1
3 x Message sub-section ignored
4 x.x
Number of second message requested from station-
1
5 x Message sub-section ignored
6 xxxxxxxxx MMSI of interrogated station-2
7 x.x Number of messages requested from station-2
8 x Message sub-section ignored
A.4.6 BBM – AIS Broadcast Binary Message
This sentence supports generation of ITU-R M.1371 binary messages 8 and 14. This provides the
application with a means to broadcast data, as defined by the application only.
!--BBM,x,x,x,x,x.x,s — s,x*hh<CR><LF>
Field No. Format Description Remark
1 x Total number of sentences needed to transfer the message
2 x Sentence number
3 x Sequential message identifier
4 x AIS channel for broadcast of the radio message
5 x.x ITU-R M.1371 Message ID (8 or 14)
6 s—s Encapsulated data
7 x Number of fill-bits